Free will, identity, and primary creativity

Sauvayre, Pascal; Auerbach, Carl

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“…Several studies described self-determinism and personal freedom in teleological fashion as a creative shift reacting to internal and external causal factors (Nelson, 1991;Saivaure & Auerbach, 1990;Vetter, 1991). Other process research includes studies proposing a synthesis called "creative cosmology," in which determinism intersects randomness in appointed time frames and creativity occurs (Peile & Acton, 1994).…”

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A Historical Review of Counseling Theory Development in Relation to Definitions of Free Will and Determinism

Wilks

2003

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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This review traces the development of counseling theory in relation to the philosophical constructs of free will and determinism. Problems associated with free will are discussed, and an analysis of related theoretical trends and convergent paradigms is provided. Results indicate that (a) no major theory of counseling addresses the free will versus determinism problem or includes indeterminate free will as a component; (b) no grand, comprehensive theory of counseling currently exists; and (c) recent findings relating to free will suggest the need for research along theoretical lines of inquiry. The relevance of such research to counseling professionals is emphasized.

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A Historical Review of Counseling Theory Development in Relation to Definitions of Free Will and Determinism

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2003

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“…Others attempt to reconstruct the debate by reviewing the concept of self as essentially interconnected with others instead of as essentially isolated like a Cartesian ego (Williams, 1994). In this line of thinking Howard (1994) views the self as “faithfully interdependent,” while others reconceptualize human identity along relational lines from a feminist perspective (Gergen, 1994; Richardson, 1994), all of which points, I believe, towards a reformulation of identity along dialectical lines (Sauvayre & Auerbach, 1990). These treatments of the dilemma are consistent with Merleau-Ponty’s approach through the error of the subject-object split, as will be discussed below.…”

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On the dialectics of agency.

Sauvayre¹

1995

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

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The conceptual impasse that opposes free will and determinism is traced to the dichotomy between subject and object, and to the limitations imposed by the thinking that underlies this division. In contrast, thinking rooted in the dialectics of subject and object transcends the impasse of the traditional debate and provides a more complete account of the experiential given of 'self and of free will. Bergson and Merleau-Ponty are used as examples of applying this dialectical thinking to the problem of freedom and determinism. This approach is then applied to the common analysis of the act of will (which divides will into motive, deliberation, choice, and action), and with the help of a clinical vignette, the 'self and free agency emerge naturally from the dialectical nature of the data.

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Toward a Comprehensive Theory of Counseling: A Historical Review of Counseling Theory Development in Relation to Definitions of Freewill and Determinism

Wilks¹

2000

TCA Journal

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Free will, identity, and primary creativity

Cited by 4 publications

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A Historical Review of Counseling Theory Development in Relation to Definitions of Free Will and Determinism

A Historical Review of Counseling Theory Development in Relation to Definitions of Free Will and Determinism

On the dialectics of agency.

Toward a Comprehensive Theory of Counseling: A Historical Review of Counseling Theory Development in Relation to Definitions of Freewill and Determinism

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